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The Enlightenment & the book Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America /

Main Author: Sher, Richard B., 1948-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006.
Subjects:
English literature > Scottish authors > Publishing.
Scottish literature > Publishing. > 18th century
Publishers and publishing > History > 18th century. > Great Britain
Publishers and publishing > History > 18th century. > Ireland
Publishers and publishing > History > 18th century. > United States
Authors and publishers > History > 18th century. > Scotland
English literature > Scottish authors > Appreciation.
Scottish literature > Appreciation. > 18th century
Authors, Scottish > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Enlightenment > Scotland.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10266019
Table of Contents:
  • Composing the Scottish Enlightenment
  • Identity and diversity among Scottish authors
  • The rewards of authorship
  • Forging the London-Edinburgh publishing axis
  • The heyday of Scottish Enlightenment publishing
  • The achievement of William Creech
  • The rise and fall of Irish reprinting
  • Making Scottish books in America, 1770-1784
  • A more extensive diffusion of useful knowledge : Philadelphia, 1784-1800.

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